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1 lamb of each breed

Crossed my texel X ewes to 1 lleyn and 1 charollais ram...it seems that a lot of ewes are having 1 lamb of each breed...i know that the odd time you can get 1 lamb each but looks like nearly every ewe has 1 charollais and 1 lleyn lamb (of course the lleyn being a ram). Is that peculiar or am i going crazy altogether???

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A neighbor with Pedigree Suffolk's had one of our Lleyn rams jump over to his ewes (his fence), she had triplets 2 ram lambs out of the Lleyn that lived and a ewe lamb out of a Suffolk that the ewe lay on and killed it.
Not a happy man

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Originally Posted by horse

Crossed my texel X ewes to 1 lleyn and 1 charollais ram...it seems that a lot of ewes are having 1 lamb of each breed...i know that the odd time you can get 1 lamb each but looks like nearly every ewe has 1 charollais and 1 lleyn lamb (of course the lleyn being a ram). Is that peculiar or am i going crazy altogether???

how this a problem would they not be as good as the llyen, just asking as i used a llyen this year and was thinking of charollais the next cross?

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how much better is the llyen, when im wanting replacements i dont use a two different breeds to the group unless id be happy with both as replacements hence what is wrong with the char for replacements?

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Originally Posted by skoda

A neighbor with Pedigree Suffolk's had one of our Lleyn rams jump over to his ewes (his fence), she had triplets 2 ram lambs out of the Lleyn that lived and a ewe lamb out of a Suffolk that the ewe lay on and killed it.
Not a happy man

Why is he not happy? Without your tup he'd have been left with nothing

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nothing wrong with ch X as replacements but I use lleyns mainly as replacements so i prefer ewe lamb than a ram lamb..
i guess is more obvious when using 2 different breeds alright is just very peculiar to see..

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Char X ewes make good replacements. We find they're prolific, milky and make good mothers. We put them to the Beltex or back to the Char. again. No complaints!

Originally Posted by horse

nothing wrong with ch X as replacements but I use lleyns mainly as replacements so i prefer ewe lamb than a ram lamb..
i guess is more obvious when using 2 different breeds alright is just very peculiar to see..

Hmmmmm. I love my Charollais. As a terminal sire they are unbeatable, IMO, but I would much rather keep a Lleyn cross female, than a Charollais one. Been there, done that.

On the OP, would it make a difference what ewe:ram ratio was used? Presumably if they are at 1:30 would you get more ewes served by multiple rams, than if they are at 1:100?

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my father always used suffolks, but this year we got 3 charollais and 3 suffolks... was thinking I was going mad watching atleast 1/3rd of my ewe twins come out 1 suffolk and 1 charrolais!! Apparently (i think this is right) there is two types of twins... one egg that is fertilized and then splits(monozygotic) or two eggs fertilized individually(dizygotic)... apparently dizygotic twins are the most common in sheep... how would I know we only had one breed of tup for so long It took me awhile to convince myself that something strange wasnt going on!

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Originally Posted by clover

I have some char X mule ewe lambs to tup next Autumn.Is it a bad idea? Are soft teats a problem ?

IME yes. Cracking lambs (3/4 terminal sire breed presumably) and lots of them, but the ewes are not what I would look for in a maternal breed. My pedigree females that don't make the grade get sent fat, not run in the commercial flock.

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Originally Posted by Jackson4

my father always used suffolks, but this year we got 3 charollais and 3 suffolks... was thinking I was going mad watching atleast 1/3rd of my ewe twins come out 1 suffolk and 1 charrolais!! Apparently (i think this is right) there is two types of twins... one egg that is fertilized and then splits(monozygotic) or two eggs fertilized individually(dizygotic)... apparently dizygotic twins are the most common in sheep... how would I know we only had one breed of tup for so long It took me awhile to convince myself that something strange wasnt going on!